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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Exposition
Slur
Round
Reprise
2. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
March
Rondo
Cadenza
3. Repetition of a single tone.
Sonata form
Partial
Portamento
Monotone
4. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Cantabile
Root
Time Signature
Vivace
5. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Duet
Symphony
Monotone
Resonance
6. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Relative pitch
Romantic
Impromptu
Pastoral
7. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Modes
Time Signature
Operetta
8. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Voice
Measure
Vibrato
9. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Dynamics
Partita
Chant
Classicism
10. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Cadenza
Slur
Madrigal
Ricercar
11. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Chant
Polytonality
Legato
Courante
12. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Opus
Intermezzo
Relative major and minor
Reprise
13. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Octet
Major
Forte
Verismo
14. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Capriccio
Homophony
Tablature
15. A direction to play expressively.
Rhythm
Chord
Espressivo
Rondo
16. The first violin in an orchestra.
Homophony
Relative pitch
Pastoral
Concert master
17. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Overture
Serenade
Waltz
18. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Canon
Grave
Chord
Relative pitch
19. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Reprise
Slide
Partial
20. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Tune
Reed
Theme
Partial
21. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Espressivo
Reed
Pastoral
Slur
22. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Minuet
Dissonance
Mezzo
Minor
23. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Opus
Ricercar
Chant
Cadenza
24. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Fermata
Quintet
Orchestra
Homophony
25. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Scale
Oratorio
Recitative
Pentatonic Scale
26. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Fourth
Rigaudon
Progression
Part
27. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Chord
Overture
Da Capo
28. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Beat
Rococo
Interlude
29. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Beat
Temperament
Fourth
30. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
A cappella
Falsetto
Recapitulation
Quintet
31. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Voice
Triple time
Whole-tone scale
Gregorian Chant
32. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Suite
Reprise
Fugue
Flat
33. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Scordatura
Rondo
Interpretation
Leitmotif
34. A short light musical drama.
Ligature
Notation
Operetta
Concert master
35. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Tone
Vivace
Quartet
Nocturne
36. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Reprise
String Quartet
Nocturne
Monotone
37. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Root
Dynamics
EnharmonicInterval
Deceptive cadence
38. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Symphony
Tremolo
Interval
39. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Recapitulation
Rococo
Opera
Recital
40. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Ricercar
Impromptu
Concerto
Tonality
41. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Timbre
Expressionism
Elegy
Operetta
42. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Grazioso
Chamber music
Clef
43. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Dynamics
Refrain
Root
Timbre
44. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Phrase
Cadenza
Portamento
45. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Opera
Concerto
Quadrille
Reprise
46. To shift to another key.
Cadenza
Atonal
Motif
Modulation
47. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Fugue
Chorus
Consonance
48. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Baroque
Presto
Accelerando
Clef
49. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Unison
Key
Development
Quartet
50. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Sonatina
Energico
Sonata form
Sequence